budget surplus
noun
: more money than is needed to pay for planned expenses
The state currently has a $3 million budget surplus.
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DeSantis said his line-item vetoes will boost the state’s budget surplus to $17 billion, money the state will need if there’s a killer storm this season.
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
In Georgia – a state that had a $16 billion budget surplus in 2023 – there have been no efforts to increase the budgets of election offices or provide alternative sources of funding as a result of the ban on private money.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
Any tax cuts floated next year would lean on the state's surplus — Wisconsin has $4 billion budget surplus and a $2 billion rainy-day fund.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
While Western states printed trillions of dollars to subsidize their economies, Russia increased its budget surplus.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
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Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
In Georgia – a state that had a $16 billion budget surplus in 2023 – there have been no efforts to increase the budgets of election offices or provide alternative sources of funding as a result of the ban on private money.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
Any tax cuts floated next year would lean on the state's surplus — Wisconsin has $4 billion budget surplus and a $2 billion rainy-day fund.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
While Western states printed trillions of dollars to subsidize their economies, Russia increased its budget surplus.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
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“Budget surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budget%20surplus. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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